What are you guys using to manage shop/garage finances?

[stephen4785]

Iv used Quickbooks in the past but it wasnt taylored to a shop specific business. I rented a shop in Granbury off of hwy 51 a couple months ago and have been taking customer work. Iv been using spreadsheets to keep track of everything but I need a program that I can send invoices through as well as keep track of inventory and shop expenses?
Thanks for any suggestions!

[dblack1]

QuickBooks is best and cheapest way honestly. There are some nice options out there but they get really expensive and are more for inventory management.

[BMCSean]

QuickBooks, I have used some others in the past but they sucked. The ability to use the other intuit programs with QuickBooks has helped me also.

[Stephen]

Another vote for qb.. cheap and effective.. use it to write checks too and accounting will be super easy at the end of the year

[DON SVO]

If you’re a smaller shop I would say Quickbooks. When you get into multiple employees etc. then you start looking at a real DMS (dealer management software) as well.

[Rick Modena]

Another vote for qb.. cheap and effective.. use it to write checks too and accounting will be super easy at the end of the year

This right here, when I finally went from paper to my CPA, QB's was the best and super easy. Made it way better to do my taxes at the end of the year by myself. It took some time to but in the end it saved me money by not using a CPA and I never got audited by the eYe R es...

[racrguy]

We use a program called Karmak Fusion. It's 6 figures, but you can do parts sales, service, and vehicle sales through it. We don't use the vehicle sales side of things, but this thing will do everything except for payroll. It'll track hours and everything, TONS of data if you want it. If it's just you I'd recommend something a good bit more cost effective, but Fusion is designed by shop owners for shop owners. We've been using it since 9/10/16 and I don't think we'll be moving to anything else any time soon. Bring your wallet.